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HLAA and Hearing Loss Gets Top Billing in USA Today Supplement

Thu, 04/03/2014

HLAA and Hearing Loss are Featured in MediaPlanet’s Vision & Hearing Health Supplement to USA Today

Friday, March 28, 2014: MediaPlanet ran a feature on vision and hearing health in selected markets where HLAA Executive Director Anna Gilmore Hall wrote “Living Successfully with Hearing Loss,” following a story about Derrick Coleman, the Seattle Seahawks fullback who has hearing loss. Anna wrote: Hearing loss is a major public health issue. About 20 percent of adults in the United States, 48 million, report some degree of hearing loss. Hearing loss impacts people of all ages and professions. It is the third most common physical condition after arthritis and heart disease. However, there is good news. There are tools and resources that can help you and your family live successfully with hearing loss. Yes, your family – because hearing loss impacts not only the individual with hearing loss, but the entire family.